On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 02:56:37PM +0200, Roberto wrote: > Oops, sorry, it was meant to be sent to the list :P > > > ----- Forwarded message from Roberto <roberto@xxxxxxxxxxx> ----- > > Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:55:18 +0200 > From: Roberto <roberto@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: Fons Adriaensen <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: CDRDAO speed, CRC errors, blah > > On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 02:07:48AM +0200, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > > The limiting factor could well be the minimum power at which > > the write laser can operate - lower write speed requires less > > power. > > Hey, I found it! Is not the drive limits as I have used my drive to > write at very low speeds in the past (not because better recordings but > just to avoid annoying drive noise). It's medium limits: writable DVD > and CD have a minimum write speed, and software will refuse to select > slower speeds. Try this (with the blank medium loaded in the drive): > > for DVD: > dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/dvd1 > > for CD: > wodim -prcap > > Ken, it is very likely that 8x is already the slowest that you can get > with those CD, I'm afraid. > Awesome. This is why I love the Internet :-) Makes sense: at slower speeds, the laser could burn a hole in the media. So at slowest possible speed, I should get the deepest possible pits, and thus the most reliable-to-read CD, I guess. I will go now burn CD's with impunity. Thanks again. -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
